Collection

Harper’s Weekly: Union Army in Richmond, Black people rejoicing; Political Cartoon on back page “A Man Knows a Man” amputees

amputation, civil war
Double page spread: scene of Union army entering Richmond, people on rooftops, people in streets, all rejoicing, explosion in background. Caption reads: “The Union Army Entering Richmond, April 3, 1865”
Political Cartoon on back page depicts a white man greeting a Black soldier. Each has lost a leg and relies on a crutch.
caption: “A Man Knows a Man. Give me your hand comrade, we have each lost a leg for the good cause but thank God we never lost heart.”

11.25″ x 16″

Date

April 22, 1865

Location

New York

Source

Harper's Weekly Journal of Civilization, April 22, 1865, vol IX, no. 434, New York, pp. 248-249, back cover

Media Type

Newspaper